Due to the hurry, they basically did not rest, and lunch was also eaten in the carriage. The horse walked forward with deep feet and shallow feet, eating the grass on the side of the road as he walked, and finally arrived at Chen Gezhuang at sunset.

This village is not big, but it is not small, there are four or five hundred households, and every household is a big brick house, and it looks quite rich. Since it was already dark when they arrived there, they hurriedly said goodbye to Murong Feng, and then returned to the Chu family's manor.

The Chu family has a big manor here, legend has it that the ancestors of the Chu family lived here, and then someone from the Chu family went outside to do business, and then settled down outside, and slowly no one lived here, and it became the ancestral hall of the Chu family, which is the place where the dead of the Chu family are buried, and then it is guarded by a special person, and the descendants of the Chu family will worship on behalf of the descendants of the Chu family during the New Year's Festival.

Now the people who are watching the ancestral hall here have left, only an old man guarding the door is left, the old man heard the knock on the door, opened the door and saw a bunch of people standing at the door, after inquiring, it turned out that they were sent by the Chu family, he quickly opened the door and welcomed them in warmly.

Chu Xiaoxi was very curious about this strange place, and began to look around as soon as he entered the courtyard, but because it was dark, the light was not very good, and he only saw lush flowers and trees, and some ridged houses were endless.

The gatekeeper led them to a complex of buildings and told them that this was where the ancestral hall of the Chu family was located, and that some of the other places were guest rooms and some were the master's residence.

The servants entered the ancestral hall and put the bones of Chu Xiaoxi's mother and grandmother in the corresponding position, and after settling down, Chu Xiaoxi bowed again, and then the old man who guarded the door led them to the guest room to rest.

Chu Xiaoxi is considered the owner here, so the old man who guards the door introduced her into the master room, which has been cleaned. Chu Xiaoxi asked the old man who was guarding the door, is there anyone else here besides him? The old man said no, everything here is done by him, if Chu Xiaoxi is in need, he can help her hire a maid and a maid.

Although Chu Xiaoxi can take care of himself, there are some jobs that still need to be done, and there are too few people here to be popular, so he said to the old man: "Then you can hire it, it is best to be reliable, and your hands and feet are clean and neat."

The old man agreed, and went out.

Chu Xiaoxi looked at this clean room, although it looked neat, but there was a faint musty smell, and it looked like no one had lived in it for a long time. She opened the window to ventilate the room, and then took a closer look at the room, and found that it was stocked with all kinds of daily necessities, and there was a large bookshelf against the wall with many books on it.

She took out a random one, and when she saw that it was a miscellaneous note, she put it back again, came to the bed, and gently touched the bedding. The futon is brocade, it is quite comfortable to touch, she lifted the quilt and looked inside, fortunately the quilt is new, no one has used it, she is relieved.

In fact, she was quite tired, but she didn't want to go to bed immediately, she wanted to be familiar with the environment here, otherwise she wouldn't be able to sleep soundly.

She opened the door of the room, looked outside, and found that there was a bamboo forest and a path outside, and there were several rooms next to it, all of which were empty, and there was no one with the dark light, and she suddenly felt a little frightened, in this strange place, there was no sound at all, as if only she was left.

She was timid, and hurriedly closed the door and entered the house, and then tied the door again, thinking that she must find a girl to accompany her tomorrow, otherwise, she would really be scared to death.

This night, she slept with candles, and she was afraid that she would oversleep and the candles would burn on the table and cause a fire, so she had to put the candles on the ground.

She didn't sleep well this night, she always kept dreaming, and dreamed of the previous home, as well as Chu Zongren, Chu Xiaonan and Chu Xiaobei and Mrs. Ji, and then dreamed of Mama, and the scene where her mother left the bracelet to her before she died, and then she dreamed that Mrs. Ji suddenly broke in and took away her bracelet, she was startled, and woke up, only to find that the sky was already bright and the sun had risen high.

She felt that she had overslept, and was a little embarrassed, so she quickly got up and tidied up her clothes, washed her face, combed her hair, and then went out, and as soon as she walked outside, a girl wearing apricot yellow clothes, thirteen or fourteen years old, ran over and said, "Miss, you wake up, go to the dining room to eat!" ”

Chu Xiaoxi looked at her in surprise and said, "Who are you?" ”

She remembered that there was no one else here but the old janitor, and he said it himself.

The woman in yellow grinned and said, "Miss Hui, I'm new here, and I'm here to serve you, my name is Xiaozhuzi." ”

Hearing her words, Chu Xiaoxi was even more surprised, because she didn't expect the old man to be so efficient, she only asked him to find someone last night, he found it early in the morning, and she saw that this girl was very smart and clever, and she had done these things at a glance.

Xiao Zhuzi saw her puzzled expression, and said: "Miss, you must think that I came too quickly, in fact, I am related to the old man who guards the door, she is my grandfather, I used to work in other houses, because there is no master here for us to serve, now that you are back, grandpa let me come back, he said that it is better to serve his own master than to serve others." ”

Only then did Chu Xiaoxi understand, nodded, and said, "Your grandfather is right, I'm very happy that you can come, you will stay here in the future, and the two of us will live together." ”

Xiao Zhuzi smiled: "Miss, you are really a good person. Let's go to the dining room, they're all waiting! Then she took Chu Xiaoxi to the dining room wearing flowers and willows.

This dining room is not small, enough to set up four or five large tables, when they entered, those servants were already sitting there, and when they saw Chu Xiaoxi, they quickly stood up politely and said, "Miss! ”

Chu Xiaoxi said: "You have worked hard, no need to be polite, sit down and eat!" Then she sat down and ate with them.

The taste of the meal was okay, Chu Xiaoxi asked who made it, and Xiaozhuzi said that she made it herself. Chu Xiaoxi praised her for her ability, at such an age, she actually had such good cooking skills.

Xiao Zhuzi was praised by her and blushed and said: "Miss, you have won the award, this is what we should do, what do you like to eat in the future, just say, I will cook ordinary meals." ”

Chu Xiaoxi said: "You are really capable, with you, I can even save the cook." ”